CVE-2004-0970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

Published: 2004-10-20

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0968	The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gzip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-10-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.919Z

Reserved: 2004-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0970

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0970

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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